Min Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Locations and Contact
UC Davis Medical Center
UC Davis Medical Center
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: 800-2-UCDAVIS (800-282-3284)
Research/Academic Interests
Min Zhao’s research focuses on 1) understanding how electrical activities in our body help to heal wounds and regenerate diseased tissues; and 2) exploiting such electrical mechanisms to treat injuries and diseases with a focus on the eye.
Center/Program Affiliation
Medical School
M.D., Clinical Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China 1985
Other School
Ph.D., Trauma, The Research Institute of Surgery, Chongqing, China 1991
Internship
General Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Beijing General Hospital, Beijing, China 1984-1985
Guo L, Zhu K, Pargett M, Contreras A, Tsai P, Qing Q, Losert W, Albeck J, Zhao M. Electrically synchronizing and modulating the dynamics of ERK activation to regulate cell fate. iScience. 2021 Oct 7;24(11):103240. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2021.103240. PMID:34746704.
Liu Q, Jiao Y, Yang W, Gao B, Hsu DK, Nolta J, Russell M, Lyeth B, Zanto TP, Zhao M. Intracranial alternating current stimulation facilitates neurogenesis in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer’s Res Ther. 2020 Jul 23;12(1):89. doi:10.1186/s13195-020-00656-9. PMID:32703308.
Zhao S, Mehta AS, Zhao M. Biomedical applications of electrical stimulation. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2020 Jul;77(14):2681-2699. doi:10.1007/s00018-019-03446-1. Epub 2020 Jan 23. PMID:31974658.
Luu KY, Zhao M, Mannis MJ. The Use of Electrotherapeutics in Ophthalmology. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 Mar;211:4-14. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2019.11.011. Epub 2019 Nov 15. PMID:31738895.
Ferreira F, Luxardi G, Reid B, Ma L, Raghunathan V, Zhao M. Real-time physiological measurements of oxygen using a non-invasive self-referencing optical fiber microsensor. Nat Protoc. 2020 Feb;15(2):207-235. doi:10.1038/s41596-019-0231-x. Epub 2020 Jan 10. PMID:31925402.
Guo L, Li H, Wang Y, Li Z, Albeck J, Zhao M, Qing Q. Controlling ERK Activation Dynamics in Mammary Epithelial Cells with Alternating Electric Fields through Microelectrodes. Nano Lett. 2019 Oct 9;19(10):7526-7533. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b03411. Epub 2019 Sep 13. PMID:31487192.
Sun Y, Reid B, Ferreira F, Luxardi G, Ma L, Lokken KL, Zhu K, Xu G, Sun Y, Ryzhuk V, Guo BP, Lebrilla CB, Maverakis E, Mogilner A, Zhao M. Infection-generated electric field in gut epithelium drives bidirectional migration of macrophages. PLoS Biol. 2019 Apr 9;17(4):e3000044. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000044. PMID:30964858.
Ferreira F, Raghunathan V, Luxardi G, Zhu K, Zhao M. Early redox activities modulate Xenopus tail regeneration. Nat Commun. 2018 Oct 16;9(1):4296. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06614-2. PMID:30327466.
Li A, Cho JH, Reid B, Tseng CC, He L, Tan P, Yeh CY, Wu P, Li Y, Widelitz RB, Zhou Y, Zhao M, Chow RH, Chuong CM. Calcium oscillations coordinate feather mesenchymal cell movement by SHH dependent modulation of gap junction networks. Nature Communications. 2018;9:5377. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07661-5. PMID:30560870.
Feng JF, Liu J, Zhang L, Jiang JY, Russell M, Lyeth BG, Nolta JA, Zhao M. Electrical Guidance of Human Stem Cells in the Rat Brain. Stem Cell Reports. 2017 Jul 11;9(1):177-189. doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.05.035. Epub 2017 Jun 29. PMID:28669601.